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Famous Deaths In April - 12

Wednesday, 19 June 2013

1125  Death of Vladislaus I of Bohemia on this day in history.  

1443  On this day in history death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1555  Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1675  On this day in history death of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)  

1687  Death of Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer on this day in history.  

1690  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1704  On this day in history john Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76  

1748  On this day in history william Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies  

1760  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1782  On this day in history death of metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)  

1788  Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1795  On this day in history rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80  

1797  On this day in history josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71  

1814  On this day in history death of charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)  

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on this day in history.  

1828  On this day in history jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60  

1845  On this day in history henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65  

1850  On this day in history death of adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788)  

1859  On this day in history john Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84  

1864  Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.  

1872  On this day in history death of nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)  

1878  William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies on this day in history.  

1896  Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1898  On this day in history death of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)  

1902  Death of Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842) on this day in history.  

1909  On this day in history hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79  

1910  William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90  

1914  Josef Nesvera, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64  

1938  On this day in history feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man & Mark), dies at 65  

1942  On this day in history johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80  

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1484  On this day in history birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)  

1500  On this day in history birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist  

1526  On this day in history birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)  

1550  On this day in history birth of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)  

1577  On this day in history birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)  

1579  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on this day in history.  

1626  Paul Hainlein, composer was born on this day in history.  

1692  Giuseppe Tartini, composer, Istria was born on this day in history.